Libyan embassy siege ends

Title

Libyan embassy siege ends

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

27 Apr 1984

Year of production

1984

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Duration

00:07:26

Description

Interview with Richard Luce, Foreign Office minister on deporting Libyan diplomats following breakdown in diplomatic relations. Followed by report by Antonia Higgs (1 of only 5 reporters allowed in) on the ending of the police siege at the Libyan People’s Bureau in London that followed the shooting dead of WPC Yvonne Fletcher by a Libyan diplomat.

Contributors

Richard Luce; Antonia Higgs

Keywords

Deportation; London; Police; UK; International relations; Homicide; Police personnel; Embassy buildings; Diplomats; Yvonne Fletcher; Libya; Sieges; Bilateral relations

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